Covid in Israel: the best vaccinated country in the world resumes the path of restrictive measures
The weak point in Israel in the face of the new coronavirus offensive is Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport.
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In Israel, the milestone of 1,000 new daily cases of contamination has been crossed, even if the number of serious cases is only increasing slowly.
In Israel, there is talk of the fourth wave of the pandemic and the best-vaccinated country in the world is back on the path of restrictive measures.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Michel Paul
A new study from the Israeli Ministry of Health, cited by local media, shows it: against the Delta variant, the Pfizer vaccine is much less effective than previously thought.
And the weak point in Israel in the face of the new coronavirus offensive is Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion airport.
The Israeli authorities plan to tighten the control of this almost obligatory passage for all travelers.
Calls from political leaders to forgo unnecessary foreign travel have gone unheeded this holiday season.
The government should soon announce a minimum mandatory quarantine of 5 days for anyone arriving in the country, whether or not they are vaccinated and regardless of their origin.
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According to television channel 12, the restrictions could subsequently include the virtual closure of the international airport.
From Friday, Spain will be added to the list of countries prohibited to Israelis alongside Russia, Brazil and South Africa.
And we are also talking about the return of the "sanitary pass", which allows activities in closed places exclusively to vaccinated people or to the holder of a negative PCR test of less than 72 hours.
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